Amazon has released information about the data requests made by the US and other governments. Of the 813 subpoenas, 25 search warrants and 13 court orders, about two-thirds of the subpoenas, half the search warrants and a third of the court orders resulted in data being handed over.

With the proliferation of smartwatches on the market, it’s not surprising their data handling capacity is being looked at closely. Researchers from the University of New Haven have extracted personal information from the LG G Watch and from the Samsung Gear 2 Neo.